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Lee J s report inspired me to post a wee rundown of the birds I saw, basically in the week following his trip:

My wife and I spent a great, chill-out week in a villa in Lajares which we chose to combine our need for a relaxing family holiday with my need for birds . To strike a good balance I restricted the birding to first-light and evening outings (when the birds were at their most active anyway) with the island land specialities in mind. As a result I mostly skipped the sea and shorebirds but managed to see most of my target land species.

For info I used Tony Clarke's excellent Canarian site guide and around a dozen trip reports from the internet.
For Ids - Collins Bird Guide.
Map - Berlitz Holiday Map - Fuerteventura.

23rd April – our flight was delayed for several hours and it was late when we arrived on the island. Only bird seen in failing light – 1 Turtle Dove at the Hertz car pickup point at the airport.

24th April – pretty shattered from previous days travelling (no food for 23 hours!!! ) so just birded around villa (off the Calle San Antonio, near the church and windmill):
[Yellow-legged Gull, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Spanish Sparrow - loads seen every day]

25th April – El Cotillo (plain to the south) at first light for some of the specialities. Only found the courser and the finch though:
Barn Swallow, House Martin, Berthelot’s Pipit, Lesser Short-toed Lark - abundant.
Cream-coloured Courser (5)
Hoopoe (4)
Trumpeter Finch (2)

Just west of Lajares: Southern Grey Shrike (1)

26th April – El Cotillo (plain to the south) at first light. Same plan as day before but with no luck:
Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift, Berthelot’s Pipit, Lesser Short-toed Lark - abundant.
Harrier spec. 4 distant fliers
Marsh Harrier (1) – a nearby passing female
Whimbrel (2) – casually crossed the track on foot in front of the car - peculiar sight!
Bee-eater (2)
Spotted Flycatcher (1)
Whinchat (1) - got the pulse racing for a second or two!

Area around Cotillo road west of Lajares at dusk:
Harrier spec (1)
Bee-eater (4)
Berthelot’s Pipit (1)
Spanish Sparrow (1)
Greenfinch (1) – in flight
Back at villas a large flock of swallows, martins, and bee-eaters swooping around trees apparently settling in to roost.

Trip to Betancuria and Embalse de las Penitas:
Dipped on ‘degener’ Canarian Tit unfortunately.
Grey Heron (1) – near Llanos de la Concepcion
Roller (1) – on a wire between Betancuria & Vega de Rio de las Palmas. Also Turtle Dove (1) and Southern Grey Shrike (2) at this spot.

Embalse de la Penitas viewpoint: fed the Barbary Ground Squirrels - take sunflower seeds. Only Raven (1) seen here. Mind you it was pretty hot and windy at the time. Saw a party of birders scoping something down in the barranco but couldn’t see what it was.
Vega de Rio de las Palmas: Golden Oriole (1)

Near Caleta de Fustes:
Cream-coloured Courser (4) – in flight alongside the FV2

29th April – Early rise to look for last three main targets, Houbara, Sandgrouse and Partridge:
1 Algerian Hedgehog - in car headlights

Fuerteventura was great as a birding destination. We had a brilliant relaxing holiday with some very satisfying birding including 10 lifers gained.
Lajares proved to be good and central for visiting sites in the north of the island especially near La Oliva and El Cotillo, while the village itself had plenty of good birds.